Is Dave a legitimate trainer? Look closely at Dave's pictures. Photo-shopped. And the photos are what he repeatedly claims are proof of his super work. Or - Call Dave on the phone and talk to him for yourself. I guarantee you that he won't be able to disguise his true motives - your $. He cares far more about you signing up with him (your $) than your dogs or your relationship with your dogs. I don't even feel like I have to make a case for why you shouldn't choose Dave -- his behavior on the phone will speak for itself :) Or better yet - Don't waste your time, and find a different trainer! I hope you find a great one - Dave is not it! read more

I agree. I just simply emailing this company to find out further info. And was replied to, "that I had to give a phone number". Well I am in the process of moving and didn't want to get into anything during this time, just wanted some basic info, but said I would contact when I relocated. I got back this email ......... "Rebecca, What part of "We can't help you unless you call," don't you get? Your evasiveness is very unusual, and a put-off and makes it seem like you are concealing information.We'll pass on your business since you obviously can't follow the simplest of instructions. " Well I was and am completely offended. No serious and professional business would behave so rudely to a complete stranger. I seriously encourage anyone looking into this company to find a good recommenadtion before getting invovled. Perhaps there rude response was heaven sent.....it will save my dog and I the effort of dealing with them in person!!!!! read more

They cashed check two (electronically and actual check). They corrected that by giving me a new check. I deposited it but found out my bank completed the research early and reversed one of the checks. Called him to let him know (left a message), he called back asking for the $695 back. Told him I would but was at work and could not do it now. This was late Friday. Come Saturday at midnight, he calls demanding money, told him I would call him in the morning. He comes to my house at 1am banging on my door and threatening me. Called police...still waiting for them to come. Filed a complaint with BBB. read more

I wanted to say that I had such a great experience using David Baron. I wanted to post because of the poor reviews. Needless to say, other sites did not actually let me post a positive review. Not sure why. But I had a problem with my 5 year old German Shepherd that took off when my boyfriend wasn't paying attention. It was a great experience working with him. He was so good with Josie and myself. I am so very grateful for his help. I was driving about 3 hours each way and the drive was well worth it. He was amazing. read more

I use Dave. He did wonders for my two dogs!! My Elsa was just 6 months old (now almost 2) when we started and she is a German Shepherd who I did not want to get out of hand. After just one session even the Vet was like wow that is a completely different dog. I get a lot of complements on on her. She can stay and i can walk away and she will stay there. She is 65 lbs and I let my 7 year old walk her around our neighborhood, by himself and I know she will behave and not pull on the leash. My little dog Bay he is almost 5 he does not crave my attention any more, he does not jump n people anymore and he is happy going about his day not being under my feet all the time. Oh I forgot about the barking...I was getting barking complaints from my HOA after a few sessions the barking stopped!!! I recommend Dave! read more

I personally experienced the direct and specific ways that Dave uses his knowledge as an expert and authority training dogs. He is a Miracle Worker, producing results that other trainers are unable to. At the time I did not have a dog and wanted to see how he handles different dogs in different ways. He trained several dogs each with unique issues and the ultimate outcomes were Outstanding! Please save yourself time and money, use and Go With Superdog instead of other trainers because your time and money is worth it. I Am Now A Believer in the SUPERDOG ways. Go On because you and your dog are worth the investments. read more

Admitantly I was a little nervous at first...especially after reading the reviews on here. I took my dog to dave anyway as I had a hell of a time getting time off from work and sense I had made the time I figured I may as well give this a go. All I can say is wow. Dave was not only very professional, he was very informative. I am extreemly impressed and would recomend Dave anyday. I couldn't get Maxx (a 2 year old German Shepherd) to listen to a word I said, after 2 hours working with dave and learning how to get my dogs respect and attention I would swear its a different dog...and we are only at the first lesson. He really knows his business and when I expressed my concern of being to harsh he showed me how dogs act in the wild and in packs. I could see that his method not only worked wonders its nothing in compairson to how dogs behaive with each other. Maxx is still the same fun loving crazy dog he was before with one major change, he listens to me. I'm glad I chose Dave and consider his expertise worth every penny. He set up my next apointment for 2 weeks from the first one and gave me a list of things I can work on with Maxx to hone the skills learned today. I'm very pleased and highly recomend Dave for dog training needs. He doesn't bribe with food or punishment, just shows the dog who the leader is and expects the dog respond....and it works read more

I have an English Bulldog that is 6 1/2 years old. Most other trainers would say it was too late to train him. Our dog was showing signs of jealousy and would growl at my infant son. I had only one chance at working on his behavior or he was going to be given up to a new home. Dave worked patiently with us and our dog and I am very happy to say that we have made more progress than I could ever imagine! If it wasn't for Dave and his techniques, we would not have our dog living with us today. **One thing that people have to remember is that we as people also have to be trained, if you go in with an open mind and know that if you do all that Dave tells you to, you WILL be successful! I know that a lot of people can't check their ego at the door and can't take the constructive criticism and won't succeed regardless of where they go. It is important to want the change in your dog; if you do it WILL work!!! read more

It was several years ago that I called this company for my dog training needs so maybe things have changed, but when I spoke to Dave he told me he would be coming out to meet me to train my dog himself. Instead he sent some young girl who was very nice but did not give me kind training methods. Most of the methods involved yanking my dog around and forcing him on his belly to lay down. My dogs were actually afraid of their leash after this training method was used! Very cruel. I was not happy with this so I called and spoke to Dave to see if there was any way to get out of the contract. He immediately got angry with me and actually yelled and called me names! How unprofessional! I know I was trying to break my contract but I wasn't being rude about it. I just wanted to know if it was a possibility. I might have even tried to work something out with him to try some different training techniques or something but I was so offended I didn't even want what I had paid for. Guess he lucked out. He got my $500 (might have been more, I cant remember the exact cost) and didn't have to do one training session. read more

Dave is an old school dog trainer: prong collars, pinch collars, domination and fear. My dog is energetic with poor impulse control when he is outdoors (not aggressive), yet cooperative and easy to handle in the house. In other words, a good dog who needs some guidance on outdoor behavior. I left Super Dog an hour into our initial three hour meeting, and my dog vomited twice when he was in the safety of the car and couldn't stop shaking. Fortunately, I was able to bring him around fairly quickly with a long walk and a swim, but heaven knows what would have happened if we had stayed any longer. read more

Wow.. I was trying to look for a dog trainer..saw their website and thought to check with yelp since they didn't have the link on their site. I can see why. I'll be looking elsewhere. Yelp is a beautiful thing! read more

A SuperDog reference came up recently and I remembered how bad our Superdog experience was. $1200 and they told is to use a strong prong collar and do harsh corrections. So awful. We're in SCAL and once we paid they never engaged with us again. I'm so embarrassed we fell for this joke of a dog trainer for our two pups! Never again! read more

I have met with Dave twice - 5 hours . I gave him $1,200.00 up front to help me with continued service dog training and their minor behaviour problems. I have documented cognitive disorders after brain radiation and also PTSD from having been in Iraq and Afghanistan. I showed him a letter my therapist wrote and he sent it back mocking me along with a response as below: Date: 2/23/2014 7:11:08 AM I am a dog trainer not a psychiatrist, however, my opinion is you have FACTITIOUS DISORDER and enjoy eliciting sympathy and exaggerate your and your dogs' symptoms as a way of controlling others, eliciting sympathy and getting attention. I spent five hours with you and can assure you that there is nothing wrong with your cognitive ability and you are well above average intelligence. Maybe you have your doctor fooled, but you do not fool me. Please quit the sick act and follow my directions explicitly, or I cannot help you. I will not bring it up again and pretend like nothing happened. I AM trying to help you, you are not mentally ill, the dogs will get trained, and this is how it is going to be. David Baron Superdog, Inc. _____________ On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:39 AM, liz at Gmail wrote: Dave, I need your help. This letter may sound a little harsh and accusatory and I do not mean it that way, but I am very concerned about a new very negative behavior that has developed in the last few days as I have escalated the training as you instructed. Please don't take it personally and please help me understand what you think about this situation without being offended. Both my dogs have suddenly started growling and fighting with each other daily. It has seldom occurred in the past. Over the last few days it is not only getting more intense, but happening several times a day and at night. It seems it has developed since I started doing the things you suggested like not letting them sleep with me, keeping a space from me most of the day and not letting them have free reign of the house or furniture.... They also seem a bit depressed when they are not pissed off at each other. No other changes in our daily lives other than I am restricting their eating more instead of free feeding. My concern is that I'm not doing the training right or that they are just not the type of dogs that need such a harsh change this quickly. Over the last week they have growled at each other a few times a day , at home, in the car and especially when I try to put them in the same kennel for the night. Tonight I had to put them in separate soft kennels and that is not the way I want to live or travel with them and not the way they have behaved for the last 6 years. (cut out some stuff here...) What do you think is going on? On the other hand I have tried to stick to your written homework....all of it. The down, stay and walk behind me off leash is working well - They go away and keep the spacial relationship you spoke about. They are even staying with distractions (pretty much) - because they usually have in the past, but that was not my goal at the cost of not having them serve me as emotional support or psychological service dogs. They are also not coming to me as eagerly as they used to and that bothers me. I feel like I am losing my connection and best heart felt friends over the last week and they are taking it out on each other. Oh and dogs or people can not shiver at will - this nervous or fear based response is a neuro afferent sympathetic response. Believe me - I have spent the last 4 years studying the brain and neurological responses because of the brain damage I had after my own brain radiation and most of the research has been firstly been done on dogs and animals so it is something we physiologically have in common and not just me humanizing them. I do not want to break their heart or spirit in this training, because they are already perfect emotional support service dogs to me I just don't want them to be afraid of other animals, bark at them, growl at them (or each other) and a bonus would be for them to stop marking in the house. Thanks, and again I truly do not want you to take my concerns as directed at you or being your fault... I am open to frank discussion on what I should or should not do with them to abort and alleviate this new Behaviour - and I would ask that you tone down with these little guys...Actually all three of us are overly sensitive to emotion and male dominance - my PTSD psy issues arise when I am confronted with difficult conversations or overly assertive guys... Liz read more

I used this service a while back to help train my shepherd at home. The first few visits by a female trainer he sent went very well, however it went downhill from there. I was working tons of hours and doing a lot of travel and was therefore unable to schedule and attend a lot of the appointments I tried and my best but they were also not very helpful. Finally when I had some time and called to schedule my appointments they told me my contract was up and there was nothing I or they could do and refused to assist me in any sort of way essentially I just threw away 1,200 dollars terrible I recommend people in the area do not use this company and look around for other options the best one so far is The Local Bark in Rancho Cordova. Stay clear of this company. read more

Dean S - I wish I would have seen your review before I WASTED $1200!!! This guy is a complete fraud! I tool 3 dogs - non of which were aggressive, but they did need some boundaries. The first lesson was "ok". I thought he was strange but the ONE dog he worked with did well and learned quickly. The second lesson was a nightmare!!! He worked with my other two dogs who were timid and shy. He got so violent with them he kicked one into a door, put pinch collars on both of them and picked both of them up off the floor by the leash to swing them back into place. Both of my dogs ended up with sores on their necks from the abuse. I ended up with life long guilt of having to deal with the fact that I just kept gasping as his tactics and didn't stop him. This guy has one way of training ALL dogs regardless of the dogs personality. Dave also has no ability to listen to his clients. He talks right over them as if they aren't even talking. If you ask him a question he won't answer it, he just keeps on with his squirrly thought process. Folks SAVE YOUR MONEY! This guy is not worth a penny!!! read more

I see that Dave states he has an a+ rating with BBB but when you go to that site it also states he is not accredited by them. I can't beleive more people haven't posted complaints on that site. But- here is my two cents worth: 1) He knew I had two Rotweillers and yet when we showed up for our first visit he stated that that was the one breed that scared him. (should have been my first red flag). 2) He was very open with the fact that he is "known to throw a water bowl or chain collar at a dog to get their attention"- Ok- I can deal with this because he will never be alone with my dogs and I won't condone that behaviour. 3) I told him my biggest concern was my male jumping on me all the time but in two sessions he refused to address the issue because it wasn't "in line with his training process". 4) He showed an obvious preference for my female dog- well of course- she is the young, happy-go-lucky puppy and my male is the rescue that was starved and abused and distrusting. 5) Last but not least- I was told after the second session "Obviously Dante is still pushing you around. We can not go any further with training until you get that under control. Call me and set up another appointment when you have that taken care of". Well Jesus f***ing chris* isn't that what I hired him to help me with?????? He is so much more interested in talking about how great he and his training are, that he doesn't actually spend any time training. It's either his way or the highway. I chose the highway and I am out 1200.00 read more

I wish you could give no stars. I surprised to find this person still in business. DO NOT waste your money with this person. He is disrespectful, rude and doesn't know what the F he is doing. After paying over $1000 for private training for my dog aggressive dog, my dog was still aggressive after all the training. Mr. Baron's solution was to "trade" my dog for one of his so called balanced dogs. I said are you f'ing crazy? I am not surrendering my dog to you. Needless to say it was a waste of money. read more

Folks, I want to tell you one thing, when facing and trying to solve really scary, really bad dog behaviors like savage attacks on other dogs or people or separation anxiety or digging or just plain old obnoxious barking, these guys are the "go to trainers". When all other trainer have failed, or even if you're just starting to try and figure it out, Superdog and their trainers have a systematic and comprehensive method for bringing you back from the edge, the edge where people tell you to put your dog down. These people, these caring trainers, really do change your, and your dogs life, for the better! Call them. read more

Do not use them, I had a similar situation above, where they take your money whether or not you have used all of their services. Their admin Bonnie is useless, when you call she says she can't do anything with out dave. Nothing but a bad experience, there are better trainers out there. i gave one star because i think its impossible to give zero. but they don't deserve anything read more

Dave The Dog Trainer worked a Miracle with our dog!! Our Jack Russell was out of control, aggressive, demanding and willful. He scared Everyone. Many people told us to put-him-down!! Dave made him a WHOLE NEW DOG!! Worth Every cent we paid!! It sounds like the people complaining are hard to please, in any circumstance! We Highly Recommend Dave The Dog Trainer! T.J. & Stephanie Politzer read more

I would have given a zero star if that was possible. I didn't even make it past the initial phone call before I could tell this guy was full of it. I began asking about pricing, since I have two dogs I wanted to have training for I wondered what the price was for two. I never got an answer just a bunch of run around statements about how his clients don't have to ask about pricing because they have more money than they know what to do with. I asked about his background and experience and what methods he uses. He said "the kind that works" and said he didn't feel like he needed to stay on the phone and "explain himself to me." When I ask if I could have a tour of the facility he said "I am not going to do that for you, I am not interested in dealing with any more questions...and hung up on me. How weird is that? Who runs a business like that? I can only imagine how he treats dogs! And their owners! Not for me. His website looks as if he has something he is hiding. The dogs DO NOT look happy as he suggests, anyone that knows anything about dogs can see they are being or have been threatened or harmed before those shots. They look scared to death. You want your dog to look that way? No thanks, there are plenty of talented people in our area. Don't do Dave Baron please. Abusive behind closed doors would be my guess. read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. We left our dog with him for training/boarding while we were on vacation for a week. We figured it was a great time to get his training done and the web site makes it look like he would be staying in a doggy resort. We met with with the trainer ahead of time and although he seemed very sketchy...the property looked nice and the dogs were well trained and it seemed okay. It wasn't. His agressive use of the pinch collar on our dog broke through his skin and when we got our dog home, we noticed puncture wounds all around his neck. His esophagus was damaged and we have never been able to use a regular collar on him for walking again, only a harness, because if we pull on his collar at all, he starts choking and coughing. It is so horrible. We paid about $1,100 for the service which included follow up training visits, which we never did. We just ate the money because we refused to take him back to this guy. Althought the pictures on his web site looks great, please do not trust him and do not leave your dog with him. read more

If I could give a negative star rating on this company I would. We paid $900 and after the second lesson it was clear that the trainer had no idea what she was doing. She simply jerked our little dog around and gave us no clear guidance. At the end of the second session we were told to contact her only after we were able to make the dog "stay" for 30 minutes to an hour (which we were never able to do and frankly find no value in). We decided to continue to work on our own for several months, then tried contacting the owner of the company, David Baron, to see if he had a different trainer we could work with. He was defensive, argumentative and ultimately just nasty. I have never had such an experience in my 61 years of interacting with people. He is no longer a member of the Better Business Bureau (he told them he was no longer in business). He has at least three websites (www.davidthe dogtrainer.com, www.superdog.com and www.doganswers.com) and at least two business names (Superdog, Inc; Better Dog Training). DO NOT subject yourself or your dog to this company. read more

We are David and Tracie , we signed up with David Baron himself at his Roseville home on Duffy Lane on April 19, 2010. We paid up front 1,200.00 for 4 months of training which the contract has not even expired yet, not until August 19, 2010. We enrolled our 3 yr old pug and our 9 month old German Shepperd. We have only been to 2 training sessions with David Baron who is very very aggressive with our dogs. My wife and I were not expecting this type of training, especially for 1,200.00 dollars. He injured our German Shepard on the 2nd training session and we have not been back since. It's interesting how he has an excuse or justification for every single review. Based on our experience with David Baron and his Superdog training we are sure they are more than likely true. The only regret is that we did not read these reviews before we enrolled with Superdog dog training.He does not provide weekend training as we were told by Bonnie who answered the phone for Superdog before we even scheduled an appnt with David Baron to enroll in his dog training program. His training is not based on positive reinforcement as his website claims to be, but on INTIMIDATION, FEAR, AND PHYSICAL FORCE. WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND HIS PROGRAM TO ANY DOG OWNER! And once you enroll and pay he will not refund your money UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, USE CAUTION. He says too bad you signed a contract. We love our dogs and would not subject them to any more of David Baron's Superdog training methods. Our two dogs had fear in their faces for about 3-4 days following the 2 training sessions, not cool. read more

My husband and I adopted two little dogs that had no prior training and they started to have behavioral issues. One of our dogs actually became quite aggressive and most of our friends and family members said we should put him down. We wanted to try our best first to get the advice of a professional. When we met Dave, he assured us that we are not the only people to have these problems and there is hope to change it. In the very first session it was like he was able to get thru to our dog and he became much more "tuned in" to obeying our commands. He taught us that we were sending the wrong signals to our dogs and that we had some behaviors to change in how we dealt with them. He had us come to his beautiful property which we really enjoyed, also he has his own dogs that are used to help train. It was a pleasure to have a true expert on our side and I would recommend his help to anyone who is really looking to put in the work to permanently transform their pets for the better. read more